The Carbon Brief Profile: South Africa
In the fourth article in a series on how key emitters are responding to climate change, Carbon Brief looks at South Africa’s heavy dependence on…
Analysis: UK’s CO2 emissions fell for record sixth consecutive year in 2018
Carbon Brief analysis shows the UK’s CO2 emissions fell for the sixth consecutive year in 2018, the longest series of continuous reductions on record. The…
Environmental degradation threat to health, says UN
Environmental degradation due to factors such as urbanisation, rapid population growth, economic development and transportation, especially in the global south, could have serious consequences on…
The terror of climate change is transforming young people’s identity
Today, at least 50 rallies planned across Australia are expected to draw thousands of students who are walking out of school to protest climate change…
Halving global warming with solar geoengineering could ‘offset tropical storm risk’
Engineering the climate to reflect away sunlight could halve global warming and offset the risk of increases in tropical storms, new research suggests. The study…
The Green New Deal’s contradiction – new infrastructure and redistribution may boost carbon emissions
The Green New Deal has broadened imaginations worldwide on the subject of climate change, encouraging people to consider what action to tackle it could do…
China’s CO2 emissions surged in 2018 despite clean energy gains
China’s CO2 emissions grew by approximately 3% last year, the largest rise since at least 2013, and all but ensuring global CO2 emissions also increased last year,…
'Mass Invasion': Russian Islands in State of Emergency as Hotter Planet Drives Polar Bears to Hunger
Since December, residents of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago have spotted more than 50 bears, who are “chasing people and entering residential buildings” As human activity…
New statistics point to renewables playing a role in load-shedding mitigation
Newly released statistics on the performance of South Africa’s small, but expanding, renewable-energy fleet point to a positive contribution from the country’s wind and solar plants during those hours…
South African renewables may be boosted by plan to privatize utility
President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a plan to rescue state-owned power company Eskom by separating it into three units. According to consultants Frost & Sullivan,…
Plastic is a global problem. It’s also a global opportunity
Plastic: a most versatile and ubiquitous material, it is difficult to imagine life without it. Despite the growth it has enjoyed for decades, the detriment…
Japan’s nuclear rethink could derail UK energy plans
The planned nuclear power plant in Wales is looking increasingly precarious Update: Reports in the Japanese press claim Hitachi is set to suspend all work on Wylfa,…
Lessons from Cyclone Gaja: how to limit the impact of extreme weather in developing countries
Taking up almost the entire southern tip of India, Tamil Nadu is the country’s second-largest economy. Its delta region is considered to be the “rice…